Improved horse-collar rasteniwg



M. F. MGINTIRE. HoRsB COLLAR FASTBNBB..

Patented M3325, 1869.

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M. F. MCINTY'RE, OF GIRARD, PENNSYLVANIA.

Leners Paten No. 90,374, amena/y 25, 1869.

TheA Schedule referred to in these-Letters Patentrand making plrt of the same.

To all whom it ma/y concern:

Beit known that I, M. F. McIN'rYRmof Girard, in the -county of Erie', and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and nsefullmprovement in Horse-Collar Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in Which- "Figure l is a perspective view of' my invention.

Figure 2 is alongitudinal vertical section. l

The nature of my invention consists in so constrncting a fastening for horse-collars that it can be readily adjusted and easily detached, while at the same time the fastening is sniciently irm to-hold the collar in place until the'hames arehseeured in position.

To enable those skilled in the ait to which my invetion .appertains, to make' and use the same, l will proceed to'describe its construction and operation.

In the drawings* A A represent two'metallic caps, corresponding in forni Awith the lower portion of a horse-collar, that is to say, their' sides form a continuation of the groove or cavitywhich is formed on the outside of a horsecollar forthe reception of the haines, the ends of the collar being at the lower portion, instead of the upper 'The caps A A' are attached to the ends of the collar by riveting, stitching, o'r in any other suitable mauner.

The cap A is formed with a ange, a, projecting beyond the face forl about one-half of its extent, the other half being formed with a shoulder, b.

The cap A is formed the'reverse of the ,cap A, as regards the flanges and shoulders, so that when the two caps are face to face, the iiangeV a ts against the shollder b', and the ange a lits against the shoulder In the face of the cap A', is a square or oblong opening, across which passes' a bar, B, which engages with a springclasp, O, on thecap A.

The bar B may be attached by riveting or soldering, or may be formed with the cap.

VThe spring-clasp .(1 isnmade4 by curling the ends of a piece of sheet-nietal, and then bending it in such a manner that a section or edge view would somewhat resemble the letterQ, and it is secured to the face of the cap A by riveting or soldering.

The Acaps A A may be either cast or formed of sheet-metal, as may be preferred.

In adjusting this fastening, the caps A A' are placed face to face, when the bar B will readily pass between the curled ends of the spring-clasp C, and be held by it suiciently fast to keep thecollar in place until the haines are secured around it.

In detaching the' collar, it is only necessary to take hold of the caps and pull them apart, when the springclasp O will easily `yield and allow the bar B to pass between the curled ends.

The hames being securely'fastenedV around the collar, all the strain is upon the liames and not on the collar, and it is therefore only necessary that the ends of the collar should be held together by the bar and spring-clasp until the haines are properly adjusted.

Having thus described my invention,

What I 'claim as new, and desire to .secure by Letters Patent, is

The spring-clasp G andbar B, in combination with the caps A A', substantially as shown and described, for the purpose specified.

M. F. MGINTYRE.

Witnesses:

E. R. BROWN, G. A. C. SMITH. 

